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are you sure its a movie clip and not a graphic?
are you sure there are no stop actions in the movie clip?
those are the only problems i can think of...
lemme know if you figure out whats wrong

to load it into a seperate swf, double click on it in the library to edit it, then go to Control>Test Scene...
this will export the "MC" as a seperate swf file, named MovieName_McName.swf or...

ohhhh, you want to add a scroll bar to your movie?

if so, there is something in the tutorial section on how to make movie clips scrollable.
you might need to make a movie the size of your current...

::scratches dreads briskly::
::thinks deeply::

try this:
getURL ("javascript: opener.location.href = 'page1.html'; void(0);");



that should work...

fscommand ("fullscreen", "true");


put that in frame 1

as far as technical tutorials go, this whole site is a giant one. But for design and idea tutorials, try a google search on "WebDesign Style" or "WebDesign tutorial"

the simplest answer: you cant
will this movie be run off a harddrive? if so, i may be able to help

what the hell is an mc?

you can import (file>import) mov's directly into your fla.
use some kind of converter to turn the other ones into mov's

the first one is probabbly the easiest way.
so if you wanted to name the swf's dice1.swf, dice2.swf, etc...
the code to generate a random movie name in flash would be:

eval("dice" add...

the way you explained it leaves me a bit confused, but I think you're opening a window thats slightly bigger than the screen. open a window thats smaller than the flash movie (800 by 600 will...

Im not sure what happening with it. Send me the fla, and ill fix it and tell you what was wrong with it.

the best way I can think of is to copy all the frames in all the five layers, and pasting them into a blank movie clip. Then just have one mask layer with the flag under it, and put the movie clip in...

how to make a preloader? thats somewhere around this site, but to add one to your menu, you'll probabbly have to put it inside another .swf file. copy the menu symbol, and open a new .fla (of the...

you have to put a rectangle or square or whatever in the "hit" frame of your button, instead of just the text. Make sure you center the rectangle over the text.

the geturl target should be "_parent"

but with my way, you dont have to name them clip1 clip2, etc..
and you dont have to use variables that contain numbers...

put your graphics and sounds inside movie clips and make the first frame of each one blank and give a "stop" action, and then assign them instance names (this would be done in the instance panel)....

make the site use frames...
figure out the javascript to refresh the frame with the flash in it, and put it in a link. The code here isnt correct, but it will give you an idea as to how to go about...

frame 1 code:
percent_loaded = 100*(_framesloaded/_totalframes);

if (_framesloaded=_totalframes) {
gotoAndPlay ("play");
}

(show the value of percent_loaded to the user somehow)

frame...

I'd really love to see more posts like these...
In fact, I think there should be an entire board dedicated to the philisophical aspects of design, as opposed to the technical.

But in response to...